(2011·浙江卷)完形填空

Although I love my life, it hasn’t been a lot of fun as I’ve been ill for 28 years.

Music has always been a great love of mine and, in my 20s, when my   21   was more manageable , I   22   ten years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs.   23    that was years ago and times have changed.   24    I live with mother on a country farm.

Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to   25   my disability pension (殘疾撫恤金).   26   I needed to sleep in the afternoons,  I was limited in my   27   . I decided that I would consider  28     to singing in restaurants.

My family are all musicians, so I was   29  when I went into our local music store. I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music. I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didn’t have a lot of   30    to get started. And 31   you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can   32   use.

When I told the owner of the shop about my   33   ; he gave me a long thoughtful    34   . “This means a lot to you, doesn’t it?” he said. “Come with me.”

He led me   35   the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his large hand  36   on his treasure and said, “I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can take your  37   and I’ll record them for you. That should get you started.”

I   38   . Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose   39  that I could sing. I have come full circle with his help.

His   40  still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance.

21. A. loneliness           B. sadness                   C. tiredness                 D. sickness

22. A. set                     B. enjoyed                    C. kept                        D. shared

23. A. Gladly                B. Eventually                C. Unfortunately           D. Surprisingly

24. A. Now                  B. Then                       C. Sometime                D. Meanwhile

25. A. add up to            B. make up for             C. get rid of                 D. take advantage of

26. A. If                             B. As                          C. Though                  D. Before

27. A. movement                B. condition                 C. choices                   D. positions

28. A. reaching out       B. living up                  C. getting on                D. going back

29. A. recognized          B. interviewed              C. found                      D. invited

30. A. money                      B. time                        C. energy                     D. knowledge

31. A. thus                   B. once                        C. seldom                    D. often

32. A. actually              B. hardly                      C. nearly                      D. formerly

33. A. job                     B. family                      C. idea                        D. offer

34. A. face                   B. view                        C. look                        D. sight

35. A. over                   B. along                       C. towards                   D. through

36. A. unhappily           B. lovingly                   C. pitifully                    D. gratefully

37. A. pick                   B. turn                         C. role                         D. step

38. A. had to cry          B. ought to cry                   C. should have cried     D. could have cried

39. A. more                 B. the ones                   C. few                         D. the rest

40. A. courage              B. devotion                  C. kindness                  D. trust

    

【點評】

2011年高考英語浙江卷完形填空部分原文節(jié)選于讀者文摘(Reader'sDigest)澳大利亞版,考題略有刪節(jié),并替換掉原文中超過高考范圍的詞匯,采取同義詞替換的手段使原文表述通暢。所選文章延續(xù)歷年出題模式,以記敘文為題材,選取作者在生命中不平凡的階段受到陌生人幫助的事實,歌頌和贊揚人間真情和助人的美德。

【解析】

21題,屬于上文提示法,首句中出現(xiàn)ill,此選項應(yīng)是ill的同義表達,故選D.sickness。

  22題,屬于上文提示法,上句出現(xiàn)病情可以manageable,所以作者應(yīng)該是享受那段過去的美好時光,故選B.enjoyed。此選項在2009年全國一卷完形填空部分第41題出現(xiàn)過,且也為正確選項。

  23題,屬于下文解釋法,下文出現(xiàn)發(fā)生改變,結(jié)合首句作者生病,可推出作者表達的是不幸的情緒,故選C.unfortunately。此選項為高考完形填空中的的高頻選項。

  24題,屬于轉(zhuǎn)折對比法,上文出現(xiàn)yearsago和changed,因此推出此題應(yīng)回歸現(xiàn)實,故選A.now。此選項在2009年浙江卷完形填空部分第37題出現(xiàn)過,且也為正確選項。

  25題,屬于固定搭配法,addupto總計,makeupfor彌補,補償,getridof處理,擺脫,takeadvantageof利用,此題應(yīng)選B.makeupfor。此選項考生不應(yīng)陌生,2009年浙江卷完形填空部分第21題D選項曾出現(xiàn)過此詞,可見背歷年考題中的選項部分的重要性。

  26題,屬于邏輯關(guān)系法,此法多用于句子與句子之間,解決連詞的問題。此題因為作者下午需要睡覺,所以受到限制。故選B.As。

  27題,屬于上文解釋法,第三段首句提到作者打算做某事,但由于病情,下午需要睡覺,所以選擇受限,故選C.choices。

  28題,屬于前后照應(yīng)法,上文提到過幾年之前唱歌的事實,此處再次出現(xiàn)要去唱歌,故選D.goingback。

  29題,屬于中文代入法,全家都是音樂家,所以走進音像店會被認出,故選A.recognized。

  30題,屬于AandB法,這是并列結(jié)構(gòu),要求前后詞性與詞義要相似,幾乎在每年的高考完形中都會考查這個知識點。本題and之前說東西很貴,之后理應(yīng)推出沒有足夠的錢,故選A.money。

  31題,屬于反義多一對,即四個選項中有一組反義詞,答案多在這組反義詞中出現(xiàn)。此題C和D構(gòu)成反義結(jié)構(gòu),根據(jù)文章信息,故選D.often。

  32題,屬于中文代入法,實際上一張光盤里的十首歌也只有三/四首可以用,故選A.actually。

  33題,屬于上文提示法,上文中作者有提到過想再次唱歌的這個想法,故選C.idea。

  34題,屬于同義辨析法,此考查點多在四級考試完形填空部分中出現(xiàn),在2008年高考英語浙江卷第26題也曾考查過,當年的難度系數(shù)約為0.32。此題中的B.view強調(diào)的是眺望風景,C.look強調(diào)看的眼神,D.sight強調(diào)視力,本文店主深深地看了作者,屬于眼神之間的交流,故選C.look。

  35題,屬于固定搭配法,店主帶領(lǐng)作者穿過擁擠的店鋪,從空間穿過,故選D.through。

  36題,屬于感情色彩法,此法多用于解決形容詞或副詞。下文出現(xiàn)treasure,因此可以推出店主對自己的寶物愛不釋手,心愛地觸摸,故選B.lovingly。

  37題,屬于固定搭配法,takeyourpick,美國俚語,隨你挑選的意思,故選A.pick。

  38題,屬于語法識別法,近幾年高考完形填空部分逐步淡化語法點考查,一般只會涉及一道。C.shouldhavecried,本應(yīng)該做的事情而沒有做,放在原文中過于牽強,而本題是作者受到店主的感激,非常感動,本可以哭但沒有哭,故選D.couldhavecried。

  39題,屬于尋找重復法,31題與32題之前曾出現(xiàn)onlythreetofoursongs...canuse,對應(yīng)...couldsing,故選B.theones。

  40題,屬于主旨概況法,即所選選項要與原文中心相一致。本文詳細描述店主對作者的幫助,店主的善舉感動作者,故選C.kindness。

    

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